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I do not endorse any of these actions!

This section may be triggering for some readers! 

So, I recommend that you refrain from reading this section if you are faint-hearted.You can continue to scroll till you see a ⚠️End of Violence⚠️.

This section may contain extreme violence and murder.

PLEASE SKIP THIS SECTION IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO VIOLENCE.

I REQUEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING!

So let me make things clear in the start. Remember the day when Yoongi got a panic attack and Hazel and Jin took him home together, that day the bombing took place and Hazel managed to find the person who bombed in her banquet. So consider that day as day 1.

So she ordered her mens to track him down and get him to her torture chamber, which was located below a library. And that day she tortured him and after his death her mens threw his body near the Mapo river. All this happened on day 1.

On day 2, which means the next day Hazel and Yoongi met in the office. That day Hazel agreed to drop him home as it was late and due to traffic and all, it was already near mid-night. That night, she watched the news reporting about the murder that happened on day 1.

So the event that took place on day 1 after dropping Yoongi home is here. And Jin allowed her to go her company not to her torture chamber, if she mentioned it she would have got an earful from her elder brother Jin.

It's like a flashback in Hazel's head and after the end of flashback starts the day 3.

Hope you all understand a bit.That's all !

But if you're okay with the violent scene, comment on how it was, I know it's gonna be more gruesome than you think. This is my first time writing a violent scene. Comment if you find any mistake, I'll correct it asap ! 

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Author's POV

Hazel sat in a chair, clutching a sharp knife, her reflection mirrored on its surface. She made a cut on her finger, the blood started spilling out. The pain brought her an odd sense of pleasure as she watched the crimson flow.

The bleeding continued for three minutes before it finally ceased. She used a white handkerchief to staunch the flow, a smile playing on her lips as she observed the fabric now stained with her blood.

She has always done that before she torments someone physically. It was as if she enjoyed seeing blood more than anything.

Rising from the chair, she approached the door, greeted by two burly bodyguards as she twisted the knob. She then moved towards another door, its surface covered in blood from top to bottom, each stain telling its own gruesome tale.

Hazel smiled as she gazed at the door, her memories flooding back. She opened it to reveal a man tied to an iron chair, his screams muffled by a white cloth gag.

Iron chairs were used in the medieval period to torture and punish someone physically. They had more than 1,000 to 1,500 needles in them. The person sitting on these types of chairs would experience pain all over their body even if they shift a little. 

Hazel only grinned like the twisted creature that she is, frightening the man seated in the chair as she marched over to seize the knife from the slab behind his chair. 

"Does that scare you ?" Hazel asked with a devilish grin, as she looked at him in his eyes. If stares could burn anyone, her's would right now.

She wanted to show him what hell on Earth will look like because he dared to mess with her. And she will.

The man in the chair nodded his head in fear thinking that she would stab him with the knife but got answered by Hazel's sinister laughter. She was insane to him but she isn't insane, she is the devil with an innocent face. Her intentions are sinister when it comes to torturing someone, and that man didn't know that his death would be the most gruesome one.

"Well, you should have been scared by the thought of bombing in my banquet, harming my love." She said as she raised her one eyebrow looking dangerously calm as she emphasized the word 'my love', her chocolate brown eyes showed nothing but pure anger.

She wanted to scare him and succeeded but wasn't in the mood to scream at him but she made a sinister plan. Plan to make him beg for his own death, a horrifying death.

She called out the bodyguards standing outside to come in. When they came in, they were ordered to make cuts in his bodies by Hazel. 

They were ordered to stop when the man in the chair was losing his consciousness. When he was unconscious, the bodyguards took off the white cloth gag from his mouth.

Blood was flowing out his freshly made cuts like a river, it was a gruesome sight.

He suddenly opened his eyes when he felt ice-cold water being poured at him.

When ice-cold water is splashed on a cut, the person would likely experience a sharp, intense pain. The cold temperature can cause blood vessels to constrict, which may exacerbate the discomfort. 

Additionally, the sudden sensation of coldness was quite startling for him.

His screams were echoing throughout the room, Hazel was satisfied when she heard him scream his lungs out.

It was a melody for her ears, she started to laugh like a manic and the ones in the room could feel chills down their spine.

"Please, I beg you ! Kill me instead of torturing me like this please." He uttered those words feeling pain in every inch of his body. His mind was foggy, not knowing how he could escape from her hell hence, he felt that dying was far better than getting tortured by her.

"Oh my, you're so weak when this is just the beginning !" She replied with a smirk on her face. It made that man more terrified as he began to plead to her more loudly.

She ordered her guards to punch him until she ordered them to stop. When he heard her order he realized that he was at the mouth of death and no one could stop his death today.

Hazel ordered them to stop when she saw him nearly go unconscious. But he was brought to consciousness when he heard the bodyguard marching out of the room. 

She still had that knife in her hand, so she marched to that man tied in the iron chair.

She knelt in front of him pointing the knife at his left thigh, just inches away from the tip of the knife touching this thigh skin.

That man let out a shaky breath as he gulped, he wanted to move aside but moving even a inch would pain like hell. He had committed so many sins but he was never scared about the returns. Now, here he is, afraid of every step that Hazel took.

"Wow, you are so afraid that I might stick this knife deep in your skin. Isn't it ? Don't worry your death would go down in history with the title of one of the gruesome deaths in the 21st century." She said with a devilish smirk as if he won an award.

She stuck the knife in his thigh with anger and blood splashed at her face, nearly covering her small face. 

She twisted the knife to the other side when he screamed his lungs out. He was screaming and groaning in agony, when she twisted the knife. He felt that his vocal cords would break if he was going to scream more after this.

He felt thirsty then his eyes saw that Hazel was holding a small glass at his face. Though that glass was smeared with blood he didn't bother and drank it in a gulp when it was brought towards his mouth. 

He wasn't given water for the past five hours. He felt a weird taste going through his throat then he realized that it was his own blood. His flowing blood was filled in a small glass. It made his thoughts go wild as he drank his own blood. He felt nothing but pathetic at his own self.

The crimson blood started to flow like a river making its way out of mountains, his blood reached the floor covering the chair.

She got up and took a towel to clean her hands which were covered with blood. Though her face was covered in blood, she wiped his blood off her skin yet she wanted to take a cold shower after killing him.

After ten minutes, he took his final breath and said,"You are a psychopath." It made Hazel amused; it was almost the same words she heard from her victims.

"Yes, I am a psychopath because you are the one who dared to harm my love !" She replied as she gave him a powerful punch in his stomach, making him vomit blood.

He died just the way she wished and Hazel didn't have any ounce of guilt as she knew about his background. A man who tortures his family for no reason, deserves to be in hell.

Her eyes showed no emotions as she stared at his dead body. That man was none other than Ha-Jun.

Hazel walked out of the room not wanting to waste her time. She ordered her bodyguards to dump his body near Mapo river as it would be her message to not to mess with her to her enemies.

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She took her phone to make a call to her best friend Hwang In-Yeop. He was also one of the people who knew about her darkest secret. 

She clicked the call button of his contact number, with 2 to 3 rings he answered her call.

"Yes, your highness. Why did you call me today after so many years?" His words were full of sarcasm yet he spoke with his silvery voice. It has been days since they talked with each other yet he spoke that it has been years. And this was one of his personality traits. 

"Ah, I'm sorry for not calling you these days but can you come to pick me up from my torture chambers ? Cause I don't think I would be able to drive back home cause I've just killed one of my enemies and I have a knife wound at my right shoulder so, I don't want to waste my energy cause I've already wasted so much energy on that bitch. Pretty please brother ?" She pleaded to him in her small voice indicating that her energy was drained. 

She panted as she spoke everything in a breath yet he understood her every word.

"Okay, Okay ! I'll be there in fifteen minutes so don't waste your energy in doing anything, am I clear ?" He said each and every word clearly and in a commanding tone.

"Hm, I will not waste my energy, okay brother ? And you better come quick!" She exclaimed in a commanding tone, as she knew that there won't be traffic at this time. Because it was 2 in the morning.

"Okay, I'll be there soon, your highness." He said with a chuckle.

With that, he ended the call and got to his parking lot. Meanwhile Hazel sat on one bench as she stared in her palms which seemed bloody to her but it was otherwise. Killing a monster like him takes a monster like her but a part of her felt the guilt in her inescapable. 

She did always support the victim's whole family financially, yet it didn't wash away her guilt.

Time is skipped by 20 minutes

Hwang Inyeop parked his car near the library where the torture chambers are situated in an underground basement. 

He panicked when he didn't find her outside the library.He went in the library to check for Hazel, then his eyes fell on a person sleeping on a bench.

It was none other than her; Hazel. She was a light sleeper so he tried no to make any noise when he tiptoed to her. He tried to make her stand by holding her arms but her sound sleep was abruptly disturbed.

She was alarmed and pushed him using all her force that he fell on his back.

"Ahh, why did you push me with all your force ? Don't you want to sleep at home ?" Hwang Inyeop questioned her as he tried to get up but fell back feeling his back stinging him.

Hazel quickly rushed to him and helped him stand properly. She wasn't embarrassed to meet his eyes.

"I'm really sorry for my rude act brother Inyeop, I beg for your forgiveness !" She exclaimed in a mocking tone with her words full of sarcasm.

He jerked away from her and fixed his suit. "I can understand that your words are insincere, your highness. Yet you are forgiven." He expressed his thoughts with no hint of pain visible in his voice, his voice was deep and clear yet Hazel could read him like an open book.

"Stop acting tough and accept the fact that your back is killing you with pain, your majesty." Her voice was soft and she stated the fact as she facepalmed when he yet acted like it didn't pain him at all.

She has a playful smirk on her face when she playfully slapped him in his back, he yelped in pain. 

"Okay, I agree the pain is killing me. Now help me you stupid!"He whispered and yelled at her with a small voice due to his throbbing back pain.

Hazel knelt in front of Hwang Inyeop, her back facing him. He was dumbfounded when she knelt in front of him, offering him piggyback.

She signaled him to get on her back, offering him a piggyback. He asked her if it was really necessary for her to carry him to the car.

She knows that he has zero tolerance for bearing pain and hence it was necessary for her to do so.

Accidents and mistakes happen in everyone's life but the ones who didn't complain and started taking efforts to overcome them will succeed. 

"We don't have all day for this, get on my back already you stupid human. If you don't want to get on my back then I'll carry you in a bridal style, do you want that to happen, buddy ?" She questioned him with her cold voice sending chills down his spine with her threatening words.

He wasn't that dumb to underestimate his best friend and he knows that she was a woman of her words. He quickly got on her back.

His hands wrapped around her neck and his legs around her hip. They were like brother and sister so it wasn't really a big deal for her or him.

She carried him to the car and slowly placed him in the front row, passenger seat. He hissed in pain when his back came in contact with the soft back seat. It was really hard when Hazel pushed him away, so the pain is unbearable for him.

"I'll drive, okay ?" She asked for his permission to drive his car. He didn't want to give her the permission to drive because of her wound but the stubborn person she is. 

She had a look that meant 'if you don't allow me to drive then your death is by my hands' and he was definitely more scared of his best friend than anything. He nodded and sighed in relief when he saw her smile.

Though she said that she wasn't having any energy as a reason for him to pick her up from the torture chamber but she did regained her energy with her nap.

Hazel got on the driver's seat and started driving to Inyeop's apartment. After 10 minutes, they arrived at his apartment.

Hazel opened the car door as Inyeop got out of the car and dashed towards the lift. She didn't know why he was nearly running instead of walking. It seemed as if he had to avoid her at all cost.

He ran towards the life and pressed the button the, waiting for it as it was in the 1st already, just some moment away from opening.

So, she had to run to him. She caught his shoulder blade as she panted hard.

"Why are you running so fast ? Is there any problem brother ?" She questioned him with her breathy voice.

"Yeah, there's a huge problem that has occurred in my apartment." He replied in an audible low voice with a sigh at the end.

At that moment the lift opened and both of them hurried inside and Inyeop pressed the 15th numbered button to reach his apartment.

"What problem is that, brother ? Did someone break into your house ? Or even worse ?" She bombarded him with her questions in a curious manner.

"The problem is even worse than you can imagine your highness, I guess the water tap broke and I have no idea what the apartment would look like if the water tap was turned on !" He expressed his worries, being sad.

"But how did you know, brother?" She asked him again.

"The water leakage detector alerted me on my phone, I had placed it below the sink, just in case of accidental overflow of water and I have a really bad feeling about this !" He sighed at the end as he explained it to her in a clear tone yet he couldn't hide his sadness in his eyes.

It was his first apartment leased for 3 years and it was the 2nd year running. If anything in the apartment is damaged then he would have to pay a penalty and pay for fixing them as well.

Hazel's POV

I felt bad for my best friend yet he won't accept my help, no matter what comes in his life he wants to be independent. I know that he feels like a burden whenever he asks something from anyone and I knew about him very well.

I wanted to comfort my brother, help him out of this situation but he won't accept it so I would have to use brother Jin card. 

Inyeop listens to Jin brother matter what so I'll convince Jin brother to make him accept the money I want to give him.

That moment the lift opened at the 15th floor and we both hurried out of the lift to check his apartment.

I followed him and he entered the password to his lock. The door opened and we both were shocked to death. 

The water tap wasn't broken, it was running and the window behind was left ajar, and a cat was sitting beside the sink, licking his paw.

He went there to close the tap and took that cat in his hands. That cat was a bit aggressive when he got his hands on him or her. I don't know the cat's gender. But calmed down when he stroked that cat behind his ears.

I looked at him while he gave me a shy smile. I was rather angry at him for being careless yet I guess I can forgive him for coming to pick me up.

"You stupid, I thought the problem was worse but was it because you were careless that you left the window open and a cat somehow opened the tap ? I don't know whatever ! You know what brother ? I'll help you, so let's clean up together !" I uttered those words in a high pinch with a sigh in the end.

He gasped when I completed my sentence. As if he hadn't seen my caring side. Such a drama king he is ! I sighed in my mind.

"Wow, is it really a miracle that miss ignorant care for me !" Inyeop remarked dramatically with an applause.

"If you aren't ready to clean then I won't either." I stated it to him with an eye roll as I was so done with him being dramatic.

Damn my precious sleep, I came all the way here to sleep but it's already past two thirty. It looks like I would be sacrificing my 3 to 4 hours of sleep.

It took us a half an hour to clean up the mess together. That cat is a female and Inyeop brother decided to keep her with him. He thought of a very unique name for his cat.

He named her Bamboo. I mean who the hell would name their cat 'bamboo' in the first place ? I asked him too, but he replied saying that his cat was flexible and resilient. Nevertheless, his cat must have struggled to enter from that small opening.

Bamboo was a British Shorthair breed so, it had an easy-going behavior and got along with me too. 

After looking at the clock at the wall we both realized that it was time for the three of us to sleep and I went inside the guest room to have my precious sleep.

His apartment was pretty spacious, and had one master bedroom along with a guest room. So whenever I stayed over in his house I stayed in his guest room as it had my extra dress just in case of any emergency.

I threw myself in the bed and fell asleep within a few seconds.

End of Hazel's POV

End of flashback

Author's POV

Hazel woke up rubbing her eyes because of her alarm which was set to wake her up at seven.

She stretched her arms to turn off her ringing alarm which might wake the others sleeping.

She walked to open the door and as she twisted the door knob, Yoonji greeted her with a coffee along with an enthusiastic 'good morning'.

Yoonji gave her the coffee she prepared and strided out of the guest room.

Hazel carefully took the coffee cup and sat on the bed as she sipped it a little by little. It tasted good as her mother prepared coffee for her.

She smiled as she remembered how much Yoonji loved cooking since her childhood. She finished drinking the coffee and kept it on the table beside the bed.

The guest room was just as spacious as it was in Hwang Inyeop's guest room with an attached bathroom. 

Then she looked at herself as she was still in her formals and remembered that she had her extra set of her formals to wear for the office in her car so went to get it from there.

Meanwhile, Yoonji took coffee to her brother. She opened Yoongi's room and witnessed that her brother was still sleeping peacefully with no signs of worry in his face. Looking at her brother's peaceful face it gave her happiness because she knew how hard her brother works for her.

She placed the coffee cup on the table beside his bed, and got a unique way to wake her brother up today. She got on the other side of his bed and pushed him out of the bed.

Yoongi woke up immediately after he rolled down his bed and screamed when he felt pain in his body.

"What the fuck is wrong with you stupid ?" He questioned her in a sleepy voice as he rubbed his eye.

"Wakey wakey brother, it's time for your office. And rise and shine like the sun!" She answered playful with a mischief smirk plastered on her face.

She ran out of the room before he could catch her. He glanced at the wall clock, it was just 5 minutes past 7 and thought of sleeping for a half an hour more but then realization hit him like a truck after remembering his boss; Hazel had stayed over in his home last night.

He hurried too quickly to take a shower and got changed into his office clothes. He wore a black coat with a white shirt underneath along with black pants.

He checked his mail and made a list of Hazel's meetings in his notebook and checked them twice making sure that there were no mistakes.

He took his bag and checked whether he had his emergency kit, his necessities like water bottle and his phone with full battery in case of emergency and some chocolates to eat whenever he craves for them. Along with a pair of his clothes and the book which contains all the appointments and her schedule.

He rushed out of his room and got seated on the dinner table to have his breakfast along with that he kept his bag beside his chair. He saw that Hazel was already dressed up in her usual formal office suit, a black shirt underneath along with a green coloured coat with the same green coloured flared pants, having her breakfast so he greeted her good morning to which she nodded her head.

Then his sister Yoonji placed his breakfast in front of him to which he smiled at her, a way for him to thank her.

For their breakfast, Yoonji prepared bibimbap (mixed rice), kimchi fried rice, and mandu (dumplings). He loves her hand-made dumplings more than anything so he got his hands on his chopsticks and used it to take one of the dumplings from the plate and ate.

The taste of the delicious dumplings melted him and he moaned with his closed eyes in the euphoric taste of dumplings.

His mouth was stuffed with the dumpling filling. Yoongi didn't know that Hazel was gawking at him like she was amazed at him.

But she was because of a sudden moan. When Yoongi opened his eyes only to be locked with her soul piercing cold eyes.

He felt him drowning deep into her chocolate iris. He tried to read her emotions but failed when she looked at her food. 

Hazel felt her cheeks heating up because of their sudden eye contact yet she was longing to stare deep into his eyes.

She had longed and craved for him like crazy for 10 years straight yet she can't show what she wanted to be like around him. She won't show it till she finishes the important thing she had on her plate.

Hazel felt the surge of tranquility whenever she stared into his eye, which was one of the reasons why she always wanted to make eye contact with him.

His black orbs never failed to remind her that he was her safe heaven and will continue to be.

She finished her kimchi fried rice and took the plate with her to the sink to keep them there.

She kept the ceramic plate in the sink carefully, as she looked at her wrist watch to check the time. It was just 20 minutes away from 8 o'clock.

Her gaze fell on Yoongi who was going to finish his breakfast with some moments and when he did, he took his plate with him towards the sink.

As she saw him coming towards the sink she moved aside and he kept the plate carefully. Because he was pettier than the ceramic plate to his sister; Yoonji.

When Yoongi moved his head to Hazel who was staring into his soul deeply, it made him tense cause he thought that he would be asked for her schedule and all things related to the work. 

She smiled and her smile reached her eyes as she said,"It's most time for the office and I guess you can have a ride to the office as you don't have your bicycle with you and as I am obliged to pay for my stay I would like to pay for your bicycle too." She confessed in her casual tone with a hint of carefreeness as she took out her checkbook along with a pen from her handbag.

Yoongi was taken back when she said otherwise. He felt the surge of nervousness and confusion as she stared deep into his eyes. Her eyes were reassuring him that the moment was soon over when Yoonji entered that scene. 

When Yoonji saw the checkbook, she was over the moon and smiled brightly at Yoongi like a little kid in a candy store. Her reaction was definitely worth a million to Yoongi. Looking at his sister being happy was one of the things which he could do all day without getting tired. 

He automatically gave Yoonji his infamous gummy smile which melted Hazel. As Hazel looked at both of them, it felt that all her pain wasn't in vain. 

She looked at the check book, thinking how generous she could be and wrote the numbers which was definitely going to make both the siblings jaw drop to the ground.

She tore the check from that book and showed it to them. Their mouths were ajar when they counted how many zero it had and their eyes became wide as a plate when they realized it was having 9 zeros which means it was a billion won.

Yoongi covered his mouth in shock as he felt all this surreal for him meanwhile Yoonji pinched Yoongi's arm making sure that she wasn't dreaming but her pinch was harsh on Yoongi's pale skin to which he yelled in pain.

He smacked her on her head in return and they both were just a moment away from each other's throat until Hazel cleared her throat. The siblings looked at Hazel as they still didn't take the check Hazel was holding in the air.

Hazel's cold eyes met their soft and playful ones, the siblings felt like kids caught red handed in front of their mother and lowered their heads. Hazel felt the surge of happiness and fear in her; she didn't want to stop staring at them cutely bickering but doing so will ruin her facade. She remembers very well that eyes are the door to one's soul and emotion so she had to keep a poker face around them no matter what.

"Here Mr.Min, take the check and let's go as it's already 8 as we are just an hour away from our office so if we go now then we would reach early and you are coming with me and I won't be taking no as an answer." She stated in a monotone and she tilted her head to the other side as she stared deep into his soul emotionlessly, sending chills down their spine.

Yoongi felt her intense stares making him feel the surge of nervousness along with him weak on his knees when he looked into her chocolate brown eyes. He wanted to read her emotions but he wasn't really into the psychology of humans as she seems to be.

"Okay, Ms.Kim," he uttered those words in a mere whisper as she was staring deep into his soul emotionlessly yet she clearly heard those words. 

Hazel handed the check to Yoonji as she thanked Yoonji with a smile. Yoonji stared into that check in surprise as it felt surreal for her.

With that Yoongi took his bag from the chair and followed Hazel as he waved his hand at Yoonji with a smile. Hazel strode out of their home towards her car.

Yoongi rushed to her as her pace was really fast for him, when his eyes met hers he saw that Hazel had opened the door for him.

His eyes widened as he felt his foot frozen to the ground and his tounge tied. Why was she repeating those same as yesterday? He gulped when she raised her eyebrow; a thing which she did every time when she's questioning him.

Yoongi knew that he can't say a word against her actions so got in the car silently without any further eye contact and Hazel closed the car door carefully afterwards she got onto the driver's seat beside his seat.

While turning the keys to start the engine she heard Yoongi sneeze hard as if he had a cold. When she thought of twisting the keys to start the car she heard another loud sneeze followed by another loud sneeze.

Yoongi took out a handkerchief from his pocket and placed it in his mouth and nose immediately to stop his loud sneeze before Hazel could turn at him.

When she looked at him, his handkerchief was having blood as he had used it to cover his nose and mouth.

To be continued.....

Word count - 5431

A cliffhanger for you all, I don't know if this is even a cliffhanger but I thought of giving my lovely kitties an update after almost 7 months I guess.
I am a bad author, ain't I ? Well, let's leave that topic and did you all enjoy this chapter ?

Noticed that I introduced Hwang In-yeop as Hazel’s best friend ? Soon, Yoongi’s best friend will be introduced, any guesses who it will be ?

Make sure to comment as much as you all can as it's my birthday tomorrow ! Damn, I don't even feel excited about my birthday but for your comment I am, is there something wrong with me ? Maybe !

Motivate me you all as I have no idea what to write next and also feel free to comment your suggestions or idea for the next chapter.

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